Studio 3, Halpern Gallery
15a High Street, Rochester, Medway ME1 1PY
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A close look at mafia control over boxing in the USA, focusing on the 1940s & 1950s. Controlled at every level by the enigmatic and ruthless Frankie Carbo (aka Mr Gray) in NYC.
The Kefauver Hearing in 1960 would see Jake La Motta testifying that he ‘took a dive’ against Billy Fox at Madison Square Gardens in 1947. His admissions and evidence would lead to convictions and long sentences. Carbo would die in prison in 1976 – but the stranglehold over sport would go on, arguably still being involved in the present day